Hello fellow commanders,
I don't know if this has been discussed before.
Landing in Elite Dangerous in crowded systems can be a real pain from time to time, even on big stations. It happens quite often that players go AFK after they docked, which is of course understandable. But it blocks out other players longing to dock, maybe even having comprimised goods on board.
For future player expansion and future improved interaction between players, I thought about a little concept how landing pads / hangars could be built in the future, to allow more players on the bigger stations (not outposts). I know space is limited, but maybe its doable. With this concept, other players might even get a look at your ship, and vice versa.
About blocking the Hangar by staying on top of the pad: Maybe there should be an allowed time for players to stay on the pad? If interiors of the bays are more beautiful and you can see other players' ships it might be even more interesting to go underground into the hangar anyways
What do you guys think? It's a very rough mockup of course... But I hope you get the idea.
This might be only possible for the small landing pads. Big landing pads should be for single ships, would be more logical and believable...
I don't know if this has been discussed before.
Landing in Elite Dangerous in crowded systems can be a real pain from time to time, even on big stations. It happens quite often that players go AFK after they docked, which is of course understandable. But it blocks out other players longing to dock, maybe even having comprimised goods on board.
For future player expansion and future improved interaction between players, I thought about a little concept how landing pads / hangars could be built in the future, to allow more players on the bigger stations (not outposts). I know space is limited, but maybe its doable. With this concept, other players might even get a look at your ship, and vice versa.
About blocking the Hangar by staying on top of the pad: Maybe there should be an allowed time for players to stay on the pad? If interiors of the bays are more beautiful and you can see other players' ships it might be even more interesting to go underground into the hangar anyways
What do you guys think? It's a very rough mockup of course... But I hope you get the idea.
This might be only possible for the small landing pads. Big landing pads should be for single ships, would be more logical and believable...
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